Sentences with phrase «time a couple years»

I am like you: I don't care for celery itself, but I had celery root for the first time a couple years ago in France and I couldn't believe how good it was.

I had coconut pie for the first time a couple years ago and it was twenty years too late.

Made these a several times couple years ago using coconut oil because I didn't have grapeseed oil (and have plenty enough other oils that I couldn't justify buying yet another type).

Will and I went to Palm Springs for the first time a couple years ago and I'm excited...

Will and I went to Palm Springs for the first time a couple years ago and I'm excited to head back to some of our favorite spots and stay at a new hotel in town.

Naughty Dog might be best known for Uncharted, but The Last of Us won our vote for the best PlayStation game of all time a couple years back — and now... brace yourself... it's getting a proper sequel.

Not exact matches

A couple years ago, Karen Okonkwo had a difficult time finding photos of women of color for her blog, Sorority Secrets.

Then a couple of years later we did the first launch of Falcon 9, version 1, and that had about a 10 - ton - to - orbit capability, so it was about 20 times the capability of Falcon 1, and also assigned to carry our Dragon spacecraft.

I was at a conference for technology CEOs a couple of years ago, and a former head of Canada's civil service said the government has done all of the policies right, and now it's time for the business community to step up.

Nadal could be seen this fall on CNBC, BNN and Business Insider, offering confident reassurances on the state of the ad business and boasting that while the Big Four chose to batten down the economic hatches over the past couple of years, MDC saw it as a key time for bold investment.

I did that for a couple of years and during that time I worked on Everyday Shooter, which was my first commercial game and the first that actually came out and made money.

Over the last two decades of building and running businesses, and the last couple of years working full time with dozens of startup founders and CEOs on their strategies and funding plans in my consultancy business, I have observed that there are a common set of reasons that startups struggle and fail, and a consistent set of factors that make startup companies successful.

«I explained how for the past couple of years I've kept Wednesdays clear on my calendar, usually worked from home, and used it as design / writing / solo - thinking time because the other four days get consumed with collaboration,» Schweikardt explained to the board, but lately «the collaboration days had gotten so busy, that Wednesdays had turned to email and administrivia catch - up days.»

Nearly everyone has been dealt a tough blow over the last couple years, and raising taxes at this time would kick consumer spending and the entrepreneurial spirit while they're already down.

When the IPO market takes a hit like it has, it takes a substantial length of time to recover, usually a couple of years.

They were lucky, they got the timing right, and after a painful couple of years figured out product / market fit, and went public.

I iterated several times over the course of a couple years.

«When I was 22 years old, a guy who owned a little bodega in my neighborhood told me, «If you really want to start a company, you better dig under your couch for a couple of extra dollars, stop going out to dinner four times a month, trade in your car for a cheaper one, and raise that $ 40,000 or $ 30,000, if you can, by yourself.»»

So we took a couple of years to do soil studies and climate studies: Looking at soils at different times of the year, looking at moisture levels, at holding capacities, etc..

As the Supreme Court gets ready in June to rule on the issue for the second time in two years, conservative states have rushed to enact so - called Religious Freedom Reformation Act (RFRA) laws that would allow businesses to object on religious grounds to serving LGBT people and same - sex couples.

«We spent a lot of the time over the last couple of years learning from our retail operations out west,» said Mark Childs, chief marketing officer at Samsung Canada, in an interview with Marketing.

The last couple of years have been an understandably busy time; SOLS is Schouwenburg's first company, and she's pouring everything she has into making it a success.

In the last couple years, the global sales for snack products has reached $ 374 billion, dethroning the time - old tradition of three square meals a day from its long - held spot.

Canadian travelers may feel like they can afford to go abroad for the first time in a couple of years.

Fast - forward to a couple of years later when my company nearly went under (twice) and I realized it was time to look around me for sage counsel.

Typically, this would be the time of year the gallery owner would be banking a couple thousand dollars a week.

«It will depend on the data but I think the Fed's baseline is that they'll hike a couple more times this year.»

At the time, all the networks were making 20 - plus movies a year and a couple of miniseries and maybe a few limited series, and so you were making things all the time.

Although La La did file for separation from Carmelo in April of 2017, the couple has since chosen not to get divorced and to keep this time in their lives out of the public so as to protect their 11 - year - old son Kiyan.

The Backbeat Fit have been around for a couple years now, and in that time more than a few recommendations like this have rolled in.

Though this is the first time McDonald's is changing up the flavor of the Big Mac, it did introduce a couple different variations of it this year.

As for couples who are saving more throughout the rest of the year, keep in mind that after falling love often comes getting married, buying a home and having a baby, which is the most expensive time in your life, von Tobel cautioned.

Investors may be greedy, and markets may be delusional, but money is time, and the best way to ride out a downturn is with a couple of years» worth of cash stashed in your mattress.

This SlideShare from e-CBD, while a couple years old, has some interesting ideas for things to try: power words, time prompts («now,» «limited time»), and question marks.

«We have seen security go from, again what was a couple years ago 20 %, 25 % to consistently 40 % of the business,» Conte said at the time, as recorded in a transcript of the call on the finance site Seeking Alpha.

«A couple of years ago, I was going at least once a week, but as time went on I stopped going as much,» says Michelle Langston, concierge wrangler and team lead, who is currently based in the Bay Area.

A couple years later, those leggings are still my all - time favorite.

A year later, Kalanick has met with Miami officials a couple of times, including in January, when Uber threw that more - secret - than - usual prelaunch recruitment party.

The Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment actually do a trial run of the confetti a couple of days before New Year's Eve.

The book is one that I've read many times and read a couple times a year to remind me about the most important principles in business.

But if you run a pizza parlor and get only a couple of customers a day during the winter months, you might be better off staying open just a few hours a day at that time of year, or closing the shop altogether.

The deputies on the Governing Council speak on the record a couple of times a year, and when they do, they rarely deviate from the script.

Generally I agree (9 times out of 10) with your startup thoughts, especially given you and members of your super team (like ex-vancouverite Catrina) have done it before (and I've just been building for past 8 years) but I have a couple of quibbles on this post (but not necessarily «disagreement»).

Amazon launched the monthly option a couple of years ago to attract customers who could not afford a one - time payment of $ 99, or those who knew that they would not be able to take advantage of an Amazon Prime membership for all the months of the year.

I have not worked for a couple years at all bc all my time has been devoted to my children - decided its time to have my own money again....

I'd recommend checking at least a couple times each year to make sure your business» information is accurate.

Some will buy time regionally, but it's been a couple years since a chain made a national buy.

I've been through the course myself, and have referred to it many times over the past couple of years.

By that time, Ebates» two founders had already been hard at work building the company for a couple of years (Ebates was initially incubated at Foundation Capital).

But in the past couple of years, the rise of real - time media has validated its relevancy as an essential technique for marketers.